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6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
Mark Dennis 
December 29 12:30 AM
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Inside the criminal mind
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December 29 12:28 AM
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
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BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:22 AM
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No mercy!
T K WHYTE, Observer writer 
January 12, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Senior St Catherine Resident Magistrate Lorna Errar-Gayle on Tuesday made clear her disgust for men who abuse their women...
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Mayor says ‘unapproved’ construction under
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2007
KINGSTON Mayor Desmond McKenzie yesterday accused the US Embassy of starting "preparatory work" on the construction of a new two-storey office annex a...
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Bodies of Lyns positively ID’d
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
THE bodies of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn, who had been missing for three weeks since December 10, were yesterday positively ident...
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Blood supplies malaria-free, says NBTS
JIS 
January 11, 2007
JAMAICANS receiving blood at public health facilities can be assured that the supplies are malaria-free, as the National Blood Transfusion Service (NB...
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Cops investigating reports that guns are being stockpiled in Portmore
TK Whyte 
January 11, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Superintendent of Police Terrence Bent, in command of St Catherine South division (Portmore), admitted yesterday that he ...
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Health ministry gets $6.2-million boost for malaria prevention
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
THE Ministry of Health on Wednesday received a J$6.2-million boost from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to strengthen its malaria pr...
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Reports on investigations into procurement practices likely to be tabled next Tuesday
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
THE Contractor-General's reports on investigations into procurement practices at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and the Petrole...
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Prison service probing gender mix-up
Observer Reporter 
January 11, 2007
Just how a male juvenile ended up being imprisoned at the all-female Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre last week is now the subject of a probe by...
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One more crime plan for MoBay
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Ministry of National Security Dr Peter Phillips yesterday announced the setting up of a mobile police station, the installatio...
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PNP candidate for SE St Ann still undecided
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) is still to decide on a candidate to replace tourism minister Aloun Assamba in South-East St Ann to contest t...
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Teen girl shot at school
OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
A 15-year-old student of the Norman Manley High School in Kingston was yesterday treated and released from hospital after being shot and injured on th...
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BSI to probe police shooting in Westmoreland
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
HATFIELD DISTRICT, Westmoreland - The Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) has been called in to probe the fatal shooting of a member of this communi...
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Portmore businessman murdered, gun stolen
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
A businessman was shot and killed and his licensed firearm stolen at Dermason Plaza, Independence City, Portmore yesterday. According to police person...
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Debris removal from Old Harbour Road
Patrick Foster 
January 11, 2007
REMOVAL of debris from the Old Harbour Road commenced on Monday after being left beside the roadway since last December when a drain-cleaning exercise...
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St James PC to mark Earthquake Awareness Week
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council's disaster committee will host a raft of events throughout this month to help raise public awarene...
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Beckles denied bail
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
RODNEY Beckles, the son of principal of the UWI's Cave Hill campus Professor Hillary Beckles, who is charged for the murder of Khalil Campbell, was fu...
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Case against Spanish Town mayor, six others dismissed
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 10, 2007
SPANISH TOWN St Catherine - The case against Spanish Town Mayor Dr Andrew Wheatley and six other people who were arrested and charged in September 200...
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In Search of the Three-Finger Plantain
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 10, 2007
SINGER Freddie McGregor walked into the offices of Thursday Food last Friday, with what has got to be the most humungous plantain we've ever seen. It ...
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Hylton’s decision to abort report ‘shocked’ Gorstew
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
January 10, 2007
CHAIRMAN of the Port Authority of Jamaica Noel Hylton has again insisted he had forwarded no report to former Prime Minister PJ Patterson summarising ...
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Mac’s Gourmet Market
January 10, 2007
'MAC'S Gourmet Market finally opened its doors last Saturday and has already created a stir. If you've not heard the buzz, it's because you've been aw...
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Hundreds say farewell to little ‘Pinky’ and ‘Abby’ who died in SOS fire
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 10, 2007
THE heavens appeared to weep yesterday as four-year-old Abigail 'Abby' Lee and five-year-old Antoinette 'Pinky' Cranston, who died as a result of a fi...
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NWU opposes Air Jamaica merger
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 10, 2007
THE National Workers Union (NWU) told a parliamentary committee reviewing Air Jamaica's fortunes yesterday, that it would not support a merger with an...
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